Fishing lure



0a, 9, 1934. G, P BOEHM 19,976,695

FISHING LURE Filed Jan. 6, 1932 INVENTOR.

u ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 9, 1934 urso STATES FISHING LURE George P. Boehm, Chicago, Ill., assignor to South Bend Bait Company, South Bend, Ind.

Application January 6,

s claims.

The invention relates to fishing lures, and particularly to fishing lures simulating' in shape various species of animal, insect or marine life, such as mice, crawfish, frogs and the like.

1 have found that a very satisfactory simulation of a mouse, crawfish, frog, or the like may be simply and inexpensively made by configuring and bending a sheet of flexible material and mounting the same on a frame to secure it in desired bent shape. It is therefore the object of my invention Vto provide a lure of this chair acter in which the body is formed of a configured sheet of Afiexible material mounted on a frame in bent or flexed relation to simulate a species of animal, insect or marine life.

Other objects of the invention Will be apparent from the appended description and claims, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the lure.

Figure 2 is a view of the lure in side elevation.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the lure taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the body-forming blank.

Figure 5 is a plan View of a configured blank forming the legs of a crawfish illustrated in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, which illustrates a lure formed to resemble a crawfish, the numeral 1 designates a fiat metal plate having a forward downwardly angularly bent portion 2 to which a suitable line attaching means may be secured. A hook 3 is f xedly secured to the plate 1 adjacent the rear end thereof and extends rearwardly therefrom in substantially parallel relation thereto. A second metal plate 4 is fixedly secured to plate 1 rearwardly of portion 2 thereof and at the under side thereof. The plate 4 is bent angularly downwardly from plate l rearwardly of its connection therewith and terminates in a portion 5 extending parallel to plate 1 in spaced relation therebelow.

A blank 6, preferably formed of a sheet of rubber and configured to simulate a crawfish, as shown, or any other species of marine, animal or insect life, is carried by the frame, and includes laterally extending portions or flaps l projecting from the sides of the blank interme- Ydiate the length thereof. The blank 6 is posiltioned at the upper side of the plate 1 and is 193,2, Serial No. 584,988 (Cl. i3-42) secured thereto at one end by the bolt 8 which secures the plates 1 and 4 together at their forward ends. Thelaterally extending portions or flaps 7 are downwardly and inwardly bent around the plate 1 with their ends adjacent the 00 off-set portion 5 of plate r4. Another blank 9,

also formed of a sheet of rubber, is provided for the lure when the same is to resemble a crawsh, .and its oppositeends are configured to simulate the legs of a crawfish. The ends of the laterally extending flaps 7 of blank 6, and

the central portion of blank 9, are secured to portion 5 of the plate` 4 by means of bolts 11 passing therethrough and having one end thereof engaging portion 5.0i plate 4 andthe other end thereof engaging a washer 10 which overlies said rubber members '7 and 9. Therear or free end of the lblank 6 is configured to provide members 12 simulating the feelers of a crawfish, and members 13 simulating claws;

and the congured opposite projecting ends of blank 9 simulate the legs of the crawfish.

It will thus be seen that Iby the use of one or more suitably configured blanks formed of a sheet of rubber or other suitable fiexible material bent around and secured to a mounting frame, which may also carry a hook, a very simple lure of this character is provided. The bent portion of the blank resembles the body of the crawfish, the remainder of blank 6 the tail of the crawfish, and the appendages 12 and 13 the feelers and clawsof the crawfish. The likeness of the lure to a crawfish may also be further enhanced by coloration thereof. The body-forming blanks may be quickly and easily cut from a sheet of material in large quantities at small expense, and the assembly thereof is very simple, and these features combined allow a lure of this character to bemade at a cost much lower than previous similar lures, whereby they may be sold at a price low enough to make them commercially acceptable.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful isz.- c

1. In a fishing lure, a metal plate, a second metal plate secured to said first plate-at one end thereof and spaced from said first plate at its other end, a hook carried by said first plate to extend rearwardly thereof, a configured fiexible blank having a pair of opposite laterally extending fiaps formed intermediate the ends thereof, said blank being mounted on the upper side of said first plate and secured thereto at its forward end, said laterally extending flaps being other end, a hook carried by said rst plate and extending rearwardly thereof, a congured iiex-V ible blank secured at one end to the forward upper side of said rstrplate, .flaps projecting.VV laterally of the sides of said blankinterniediate thin elongated plate, and a configured sheet of the ends thereof, said fiaps being bentaround said rst plate into engagement -Withfis'aid sec-f" ond plate, a washer overlying the ends o4fsaid'v flaps, and securing means extendingv between said washer and second; plate and through the ends of said flaps, said blank `being configured andbent to simulate a species or marine, animal or insect life. v

3. In a shing lure, a Ametal platega vsecondv metal plate carried ,by saidirst plate at v,one end thereof and spaced fromgsaid :plate at its other end, a hook carried by said iirst plate and projecting rearwardlyA thereof, a configured exible blank secured at one end to saidgiirst plate, flaps projecting laterally of` said blanlf: intermediate the ends-thereofandibent around said first plate withtheir ends` positioned adjacent the end of said secondplate, and means secur-r ingl the ends of saidkiaps to saidsecond plate.v 1,4. Ina fishing lu'raa frame, ahookfcarried by'.A said frame and projecting rearwardly there-y from, a configured flexible blanlrf'secured at'` one end to the forward upper side oi 'said frame, flaps projecting laterally .of said blank inter-v mediate the ends thereof and bent around said frame, and configured appendages projecting rearwardly of said blank adjacent said hook, said blank and appendages being coniigured and bent to simulate a species of marine, animal or insect life.

5. In a fishing lure, a skeleton frame, a hook carried by said frame, and a configured sheet of flexible material bent relative to said frame tojsimulate thefbody of a live bait with the opposite sides ofsaid sheet engaging each other and said frame and secured to said frame and having sufficient body to retain its Shape independent of said frame, the portions of said body spaced -from said securing means being normally positioned in spaced relation to said frame.

AIn ashinglure b'ody, a frame comprising a flexible materialsecured to said frame at spaced pointsthereof, said sheet being bent to a shape simulating the body of a live bait whereby the shape ofsaid sheet is dissimilar to the shape ofV saidlframe on a transverse section through said lure bOdy, p n 1 7. In a iishing lure body, a rigid frame, and a sheet-of iiexible vmaterial xedly secured to said frame'at spaced points 'thereon said material beingA bent to a predetermined shape which it normally retains by its own body, whereby the shape of the portion of Asaid body between the spaced pointsatwhich it is secured to the frame isdissimilar,totheshape of the corresponding portions ofthe Atrame. I l y Y VB In a-i'lshinglure, a rigid frame, aY hook carried bysaidfrarnaa flexible sheet, means securing said sheet to saidl frame, said sheet being bent VVrelative to said frame `whereby portions of said sheet in planes transverse of the lure and from csaid frame.

coincident withsaidV securing means are spaced y GEORGE P. BOEHM. 

